Industry Translation Website todaytranslations.com Owner Jurga Žilinskienė Type of business Independent | Area served Global Headquarters London, United Kingdom Founded 2001 | |
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Today Translations is a translations service provider, founded by Jurga Zilinskiene in 2001, based in the City of London. The company has a global reach, with over 3,000 staff, providing and interpreting and translating in more than 200 languages.The firm was funded with £13,000 of Zilinskiene’s own savings and continues to operate without external funding. The firm uses database software Zilinskiene designed and evolved from the start of the business.
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Security Assurance
To provide assurance and interoperability through the supply chain, Today Translations was the first specialist language services provider to achieve independent United Kingdom Accreditation Service - ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification for data security throughout its global operations.
Today Translations also has a global network of subject matter experts, who advise on how to reduce the risk of fraud, bribery and cyber-crime, as well as how to enhance multilingual communication.
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Media and Press
The company was noted in the media for polls to find out the ‘world’s most untranslatable word’ and another to identify ‘the world’s most romantic word’.
It has also attracted press attention for other stunts, including the hiring of regional Geordie Glaswegian, Scouse and Glaswegian translators. The recruitment of regional interpreters was seen as controversial in some media, but Zilinskiene disagreed, saying, "People in Newcastle and Liverpool shouldn’t be offended by this. The accent gives them a strong regional identity and they should be proud of it". They have also advertised for speakers of Brooklynese. The company maintains that its regional recruitment campaign was motivated by a genuine need to enable foreign business people to do business more easily in the regions. According to Zilinskiene, "We are aware that some of our foreign and UK clients can find the Glaswegian accent difficult to decipher. While it's unusual for us to want someone to translate a dialect of English, there is a clear demand".
GHWCC bi-lateral trade visit to London
In June 2014, Today Translations hosted representatives from the Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce (GHWCC), organising and participating in a series of site visits across London. The events culminated with Today Translations announcing the founding of a London-based commerce organisation for women.